Algol is right. Jetstar will get the slots, regardless of the airports capacity. China Eastern, Air China, China Southern etc are all the same thing: the Chinese government. Beijing is happy either way. They can play Cathay against HKA and now Jetstar. It is a great bargaining tool and puts CX on the back foot in any negotiations with Air China(The Chinese government) Alan Joyce has been trying to get into China all along. Up until now he has tried a failed strategy of working from the outside in, hence the failed venture in Vietnam and the new deal in Japan. Looks like he finally got the state partner he needed to get into China. It must have been an incredibly sweet deal for China Eastern to get on-board. You guys need to see the forest from the trees. Beijing wants to keep all the HK carriers on the back foot and this will allow them to extract even more concessions from the likes of CX. My guess is that CX will react with a new LCC, based on Dragonair and 50% or more owned by Air China.